20 min.
Work: I have to do this vs. I get to do this
What is work? How does work work? Is it good?
This podcast is about Dr. Phil? Maureen likes Dr. Phil. Pierre asks who’s Dr. Phil?
Join Maureen and Pierre for an amazing journey in conversation from Dr. Phil, to children living in bedrooms, to rocks becoming organisms. No really, all in 20 minutes. You'll be AMAZED!
Maureen brings up Dr. Phil’s observation that his show has changed over time because the issues that people in general are facing have shifted. His observation is that people are concerned with bigger issues. For instance, parents are concerned about what their children are learning. Dr. Phil's show started with the ‘normal’ foibles of being human that makes great drama on television - infidelity, personal crises, hysteria. Now, folks are concerned about ‘bigger’ issues. Pierre finds out who Dr. Phil is.
Maureen and Pierre talk about work and its value. Are adult children living in extra bedrooms a problem? What is going on in society, how do we feel about it?
Then Pierre drops down a rabbit hold of organic chemistry and completely mangles an explanation of how rocks turn into organisms - real life mystery that is recently solved! WHOA! Fasten your safety belts. Really - it's all in Nick Lane's book: The Vital Question.
Watch Pierre and Maureen go from Dr. Phil, to children living in bedrooms playing video games, to inorganic chemistry and LUCA - Life’s Universal Common Ancestor. Join the millions listening to these amazing journeys!
Referenced in the podcast:
Coddling of the American Mind - Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Vital Question - Nick Lane (How inorganic rocks become living organisms)
The Strange Order of Things - Antonio Damasio
LUCA - Life’s Universal Common Ancestor
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